JA
Just seen Reith used for the copyright date at the end of The One Show- is this new? First time I've seen it used for a copyright date.
AN
Might be wrong but I think I saw a trailer for BBC Two earlier that used Reith in the semi-transparent bar for the day and time.
CH
More than a year after this first post, Reith is still not rolled out. Pretty poor considering ITV, and even the BBC in 1997, has managed to rebrand its whole business overnight.
I've seen a copy of an internal email announcing this - but it appears to have made its way onto Twitter too:
No indication that the BBC blocks are to change (that would be madness, surely), but there's a lot of Gill out there - in graphics, on physical signs, engraved into glass, everyone's staff IDs, and in buildings worldwide. We may have a long changeover period ahead!
Terrible news! The BBC is replacing the iconic Gill Sans with its own in-house creation, BBC Reith. pic.twitter.com/yY4TJcwLNr
— Andrew Wiggins (@alboreto) May 18, 2017
No indication that the BBC blocks are to change (that would be madness, surely), but there's a lot of Gill out there - in graphics, on physical signs, engraved into glass, everyone's staff IDs, and in buildings worldwide. We may have a long changeover period ahead!
More than a year after this first post, Reith is still not rolled out. Pretty poor considering ITV, and even the BBC in 1997, has managed to rebrand its whole business overnight.
RO
More than a year after this first post, Reith is still not rolled out. Pretty poor considering ITV, and even the BBC in 1997, has managed to rebrand its whole business overnight.
Two things: the BBC has many more products than it did in 1997, so coordinating a wholesale change like this 'overnight' would be extremely difficult. With that in mind, avoiding a Big Bang change helps manage the cost of the whole thing, but some particularly high profile applications of Reith are not far away!
I've seen a copy of an internal email announcing this - but it appears to have made its way onto Twitter too:
No indication that the BBC blocks are to change (that would be madness, surely), but there's a lot of Gill out there - in graphics, on physical signs, engraved into glass, everyone's staff IDs, and in buildings worldwide. We may have a long changeover period ahead!
Terrible news! The BBC is replacing the iconic Gill Sans with its own in-house creation, BBC Reith. pic.twitter.com/yY4TJcwLNr
— Andrew Wiggins (@alboreto) May 18, 2017
No indication that the BBC blocks are to change (that would be madness, surely), but there's a lot of Gill out there - in graphics, on physical signs, engraved into glass, everyone's staff IDs, and in buildings worldwide. We may have a long changeover period ahead!
More than a year after this first post, Reith is still not rolled out. Pretty poor considering ITV, and even the BBC in 1997, has managed to rebrand its whole business overnight.
Two things: the BBC has many more products than it did in 1997, so coordinating a wholesale change like this 'overnight' would be extremely difficult. With that in mind, avoiding a Big Bang change helps manage the cost of the whole thing, but some particularly high profile applications of Reith are not far away!
VM
The latest version available from the BBC's website is 2.301, dated January 19th.
The font is also still being updated and refined. I think it is currently up to version 2.3.
The latest version available from the BBC's website is 2.301, dated January 19th.
DO
It's probably things like ligatures, kerning and hinting that are being altered rather than the actual letter shapes - designing those shapes is only a small part of designing a complete font.
The differences must be very slight as they look practically identical.
It's probably things like ligatures, kerning and hinting that are being altered rather than the actual letter shapes - designing those shapes is only a small part of designing a complete font.
CH
More than a year after this first post, Reith is still not rolled out. Pretty poor considering ITV, and even the BBC in 1997, has managed to rebrand its whole business overnight.
Two things: the BBC has many more products than it did in 1997, so coordinating a wholesale change like this 'overnight' would be extremely difficult. With that in mind, avoiding a Big Bang change helps manage the cost of the whole thing, but some particularly high profile applications of Reith are not far away!
How many more products are there now compared to 1997?
I also don’t understand how a font can still be being refined after it has already launched?
I've seen a copy of an internal email announcing this - but it appears to have made its way onto Twitter too:
No indication that the BBC blocks are to change (that would be madness, surely), but there's a lot of Gill out there - in graphics, on physical signs, engraved into glass, everyone's staff IDs, and in buildings worldwide. We may have a long changeover period ahead!
Terrible news! The BBC is replacing the iconic Gill Sans with its own in-house creation, BBC Reith. pic.twitter.com/yY4TJcwLNr
— Andrew Wiggins (@alboreto) May 18, 2017
No indication that the BBC blocks are to change (that would be madness, surely), but there's a lot of Gill out there - in graphics, on physical signs, engraved into glass, everyone's staff IDs, and in buildings worldwide. We may have a long changeover period ahead!
More than a year after this first post, Reith is still not rolled out. Pretty poor considering ITV, and even the BBC in 1997, has managed to rebrand its whole business overnight.
Two things: the BBC has many more products than it did in 1997, so coordinating a wholesale change like this 'overnight' would be extremely difficult. With that in mind, avoiding a Big Bang change helps manage the cost of the whole thing, but some particularly high profile applications of Reith are not far away!
How many more products are there now compared to 1997?
I also don’t understand how a font can still be being refined after it has already launched?
Last edited by chris on 26 May 2018 11:10pm
IS
How many more products are there now compared to 1997?
A lot. In 1997 they just had 2 TV stations, 5 national radio stations, World Service and slightly fewer local/nations stations. The website was minimal, barely a service at all.
Think of all the services and sub brands they have now
New characters?
How many more products are there now compared to 1997?
A lot. In 1997 they just had 2 TV stations, 5 national radio stations, World Service and slightly fewer local/nations stations. The website was minimal, barely a service at all.
Think of all the services and sub brands they have now
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I also don’t understand how a font can still be being refined after it has already launched?
New characters?